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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending licensure requirements for massage therapist"
description: "Amending licensure requirements for massage therapist"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 665"
citation: "West Virginia SB 665 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0fecf3e-c4f9-477f-a01e-6c6d0511b122"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=665&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "bd9ddb0edc8e9c0ebc074ddabc05b8eae369c468ffedd0f218b025c3936b651a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---
# West Virginia SB 665 (2023) — Amending licensure requirements for massage therapist
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb665%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=665)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb665%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=665)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb665%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=665)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb665%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=665)
5. **sb665 sfa woodrum _1 2-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb665 sfa woodrum _1 2-23 adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **321** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rucker — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-16** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2023-02-22** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2023-02-23** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-25** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 276) `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Do pass
- **2023-03-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 696) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 232, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0fecf3e-c4f9-477f-a01e-6c6d0511b122`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).